Your Toyota Hilux 3 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Toyota Hilux 3 ? You are on the good website, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and solve your problems related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Toyota Hilux 3, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Toyota Hilux 3
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Toyota Hilux 3. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Toyota Hilux 3. Indeed, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) integrated in the key, and, a immobilisation control box integrated in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Toyota Hilux 3 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Toyota Hilux 3
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Toyota Hilux 3 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Toyota Hilux 3, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not execute a less significant procedure to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. Indeed, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Toyota Hilux 3), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it contains the start code. Thanks to this code, you will still be able to start your vehicle by entering it manually. To do this, turn on the ignition, use your centralized button to enter the digits, several quick presses (example: 2 for digit 2) then a stop of one and a half seconds to confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Toyota Hilux 3 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Toyota Hilux 3 still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Toyota Hilux 3. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Toyota Hilux 3 key. Determined by who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a duplicate or your “code card” and about 350 euros at your car dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Toyota Hilux 3.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Toyota Hilux 3, this is not recommended at all for many reasons. First your Toyota Hilux 3 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Toyota Hilux 3 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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